Nuclear Proliferation

Regulating Nuclear Weapons

Stephen McGlinchey • Nov 21 2023 • Student Features

The quest to regulate nuclear weapons gives us one possible answer to the question of why there has not been a third world war.

Opinion – North Korea’s Nuclear Tests and Potential Human Rights Violations

Yuchan Kim • Nov 4 2023 • Articles

Despite regime propaganda asserting safety, multiple groups have raised accusations concerning radioactive leakage within, and beyond, North Korea.

Thinking Global Podcast – Alexander Lanoszka

E-International Relations • Aug 21 2023 • Features

Alexander Lanoszka discusses NATO enlargement, conceptualising military alliances, their contemporary significance, nuclear proliferation, and the Russo-Ukrainian Conflict.

Towards Advocating a ‘Tradition Approach’ to Gandhian Nuclear Ethics

Anand Sreekumar • May 24 2023 • Articles

The Gandhian tradition constitutes a whole array of complex and multivalent responses to the nuclear question.

The Erosion of the Nuclear Taboo

Shahin Malik • Oct 6 2022 • Articles

In the context of the war in Ukraine, the world may be entering a more dangerous phase where the use of nuclear weapons, however localised and limited, emerges as an option.

Nuclear Weapons and International Relations

Stephen McGlinchey • Mar 27 2022 • Online resources

It may seem strange but, despite their offensive power, nuclear weapons are primarily held as defensive tools – unlikely to be ever used. This is due to a concept central to IR known as ‘deterrence’.

North Korea’s Withdrawal from the NPT: Neorealism and Selectorate Theory

Su Bai • Jan 27 2022 • Essays

Both neorealism and the selectorate theory show that North Korea’s demand for nuclear weapons strongly correlates with a large US military presence in East Asia.

The Lasting Repercussions of Kazakhstan’s Nuclear Disarmament

Wilder Alejandro Sánchez • Nov 17 2021 • Articles

30 years post disarmament it is important for Kazakhstan to share its post-nuclear record so that the global community can lobby more effectively for the reduction of nuclear weapons elsewhere.

Review – The Myth of the Nuclear Revolution

Maren Vieluf • Sep 26 2021 • Features

Liber and Press present a strong case for a more cautious approach to continued nuclear deterrence, but seem to overlook the potential for catastophe.

Interview – Frank Sauer

E-International Relations • Mar 30 2021 • Features

Frank Sauer discusses the Iran Nuclear Deal, the ‘nuclear taboo’ and deterrence, nuclear sharing, and several treaties on nuclear weapons, including the New START, NPT, and TPNW.

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